What can Labour do about Brexit? The short answer is nothing. The whole process has been a car crash in slow motion and hardly anyone wants to go through it again. This is sensible, it has eaten up every inch of Government bandwidth and more for years, it is a mess but there is no wish to go over it again.
It would help if the UK public and, in particular, the political class weren't so ignorant about so much of the EU. We've sat here since before 2016, in a distant part of the EU, listening to every word and argument from Britain. Little of it has born any reation to real life on the ground here in the actual EU.
It would be something if the Labour Party at least acknowledged the colossal damage Brexit has done to British citizens' lives and livelihoods here in the EU. But they, like the rest of the UK's political class, behave as if we don't exist.
It would help if the UK public and, in particular, the political class weren't so ignorant about so much of the EU. We've sat here since before 2016, in a distant part of the EU, listening to every word and argument from Britain. Little of it has born any reation to real life on the ground here in the actual EU.
It would be something if the Labour Party at least acknowledged the colossal damage Brexit has done to British citizens' lives and livelihoods here in the EU. But they, like the rest of the UK's political class, behave as if we don't exist.
very true the ignorance and lack of care or empathy go hand in hand